Westar Institute

Bernard Brandon Scott is the author and editor of many books, including The Real Paul: Recovering His Radical Challenge and The Trouble with Resurrection. A charter member of the Jesus Seminar, he was a co-Chair of Westar’s Christianity Seminar. He served as chair of the Bible in Ancient and Modern Media Section of the Society of Biblical Literature, as well as a member of several SBL Seminars including the Parable Seminar and Historical Jesus Seminar. He holds an A.B. from St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, an M.A. from Miami University, and a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University.

• Darbeth Distinguished Professor Emeritus of New Testament, Phillips Theological Seminary
• Acting Dean of the Tulsa Center, Phillips Graduate Seminary at the University of Tulsa, 1988–1989
• Visiting Professor and Research Associate, Yale Divinity School, 1986
• Professor of New Testament, St. Meinrad School of Theology, 1982–1988
• Associate Professor of New Testament; St. Meinrad School of Theology, 1971–1982
• Director of the Budget, St. Meinrad School of Theology, 1977–1983
• Academic Dean, St. Meinrad School of Theology, IN, 1975–1978

• Co-Chair of the Bible in Ancient and Modern Media Group, Society of Biblical Literature, 1991–1999
• Consultant to the American Bible Society Multi-media Translations Group
• Editor of Sources for the Study of the New Testament
• Associate Editor for Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1989–1995
• Associate Editor for Journal of Biblical Literature, 1990–1995
• Editorial Board for Religion, 1991–1994
• Editorial Board for Biblical Theology Bulletin, 1987–1998
• Editorial Board for Semeia, 1994–1999
• Editorial Board for Fourth R, 1999–2005
• Editorial Board for New Trends in Translation, 1999–2010